Lately my life has been out of control. I won't bore you with details. You know how it can get. When life gets crazy I crave organization.
Nothing makes me feel better than a tidy room.
Cleaning and straightening calms me down.
An organized closet? Pure joy.
All my shoes lined up in a row...
Everything in it's place....perfect.
Even better? Color coordinated organization. 
I love the look of open shelving with everything so neatly stacked.I bet my shelves would look like this for exactly two hours.
And can you imagine your pantry being this neat? Walking into this pantry would be like taking a Valium for me.So, what do you do when your life gets out of control?
pictures from: 1-5 Style and Focus, Vintage Mint, Curbly, Country Living, Apartment Therapy, Squiddo
Life out of control?
ReplyDeleteI GARDEN!!!!!
Wish we could get out of control at the same time. You organize inside my house & I make your garden fabulous.
Better than taking happy pills.
Garden & Be Well, XO Tara
I'm with you. When everything is going crazy around me, I crave order. My home is the cleanest during stressful times.
ReplyDeleteI hope life slows down for you soon.
I am such the same way. that closet makes me want to tackle mine... again.
ReplyDeletenow if i only had beautiful things like this to organize!
ReplyDeleteI eat-already polished off a bag of doritos this morning
ReplyDeleteWhen life is in a tail spin I organize and tidy, then I hit the road on an adventure. I look for new haunts like consignment shops, junk stores or wicky wacky places.
ReplyDeleteIt takes my mind off of what bugging me.
I am the same way. When things get crazy I start cleaning and organizing.
ReplyDeleteEat, and straighten and organize and make lists and drink wine......all in some sort of feeble attempt to control what I usually can't control!
ReplyDeleteWhen life gets out of control, I organize!!! Nothing gets your mind off your current problems better than pulling everything out of a closet (or drawer, or even entire room for that matter!) and sorting through things one at a time, editing items and organizing them back into the space. Then a few months down the road when things are hectic again, and the order only lasted for like a week, you do it all over again ;)
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree MORE! I have been having the same obsessions lately. That and moving a bunch of furniture around. I need a new perspective!
ReplyDeletesame here! i am a cleaner. in fact i am in the process right now! i like to work from the inside out. in other words i like to clean all the insides of cabinets and closets, throw old shit out, clean the shelves, organize the remians..trust me when i say this is WAAAAY better than dusting and/or vaccuuming for a true sense of peace and calm and joy and order.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree. I clean when I'm stressed as well. Friday night was spent completely re-arranging the kitchen. My to-do list didn't get any smaller, but it made me feel better to see the space nice and clean.
ReplyDeleteI wish I was super organized. It drives em crazy that I'm not. One of these days I'm going to hire someone to come in and help me get it done! I always feel better in a cleaner space.
ReplyDeleteI am dieing for some organized open shelving
ReplyDeletesame exact thing: order and cleanliness.
ReplyDeleteYou've inspired me to go clean out a closet...heck I may even fold some laundry! Great post.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to save this post and look at it when my life gets out of control...its like a sweet, sweet high for me :)
ReplyDeleteI totally emphatize with you. I hope everything's ok on ur end though. Oh & I do love organizing too, when life gets crazy, tidying up stuff gives us a sense of control :)
ReplyDeleteI'm just like that as well...when I'm overwhelmed is really the only time I ever clean-clean. Maybe I should be overwhelmed more often so that my house would be spic and span. (Or is it that if my house was spic and span I'd be overwhelmed less often?)
ReplyDeleteI don't organize anything when I'm stressed, or things are out of control, I guess I take care of the situation... I do love organizing though! But cleaning and vacuming totally stresses me out, we have a cleaning lady once a week, and she's worth her weight in gold!! I'd rather paint a wall or hang some pictures... Or spray paint something!! Now, THAT relaxes me!
ReplyDeleteI ORGANIZE! Sometimes, I think I create a mess just so I can re-organize it. Should I not admit that? Especially my office. I can't think straight when it is messy and unorganized. Sometimes, I work out but more often then not I drink some beer and socialize with friends.....a few laughs always takes my mind off of my stress!
ReplyDeleteI've got plenty of projects for you over at my place. Ah ha ha.
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